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Copper coins found in a field in Chandrapur district

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Press Trust of India Chandrapur
Over two thousand ancient copper coins have been found in a field in Kirmiri village of Gondpipri tehsil of the district.

Tehsildar M M Virani said that Kisan Govinda Balki, a farmer, found the pot in his field during a tilling yesterday morning.

Virani, accompanied by the police, visited his house and took the coins in custody.

Virani said that there were in all 2,604 copper coins weighing a total of 35 kg. The inscription on them seemed to be in Urdu or Arabic.

They would be handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), he said.
 

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First Published: Apr 26 2014 | 9:04 PM IST

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